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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

FROM PAGE ONE

“MOORE WARNS PPWC OFFICERS
ON RAIDING IWA OPERATIONS”

-accept a far inferior agree-
ment to that won by the 1WA
without striking.

He also stated that the ap-
plication move was for purely
propaganda purposes and an
attempt to split the labour
movement. To prove his state-
ment he said that the PPWC
officers held a meeting in Che-
mainus to test SaERor for
their organizatio:

Thirty people eHended the
meeting of which eight were
members of the PPWC, ten

were members of the IWA
instructed to see what was
going on, and the other twelve
were Chemainus employees
who didn’t apge themselves
one way or the er.

The henraits eal has
700 employees, Jubenville
stated, so it’s plain to see why
the PPWC officers, after
drawing such a small attend-
ance, backed away from con-
ducting another vote in the
operation.

Jubenville, to show his con-

fidence in retaining the loyal-
ty of the Chemainus crew,
recently sent a letter to the
Labour Relations Board re-
questing that it conduct a
vote of the operation “at the
earliest possible date,” if the
PPWC’s application is in or-

er.

If held, the results of the
vote, he said, will spell the
end of the PPWC’s wanton
raiding on Vancouver Island
and its early demise as a un-

-ion in British Columbia.

NEW NDP BILL WILL
Ded LABOUR UNIONS

Nee Democratic Party MP
Ed. Broadbent introduced a
private member’s Bill in the
House of Commons which
called for restricting imports
of companies involved in la-
bour disputes.

The following is his state-
ment to the House on present-
ing the Bill:

“The principle of the Bill
which I will introduce today
started to take shape last
spring when an Ajax, Ontario
firm producing surgical gloves
apparently broke a strike by
importing substitute products.

“At that time it seemed
quite unethical that a com-
pany could so easily circum-
vent a legal strike by import-
ing equivalent products and
distributing them to their
regular customers.

“The General Motors strike
has brought the issue to the
fore once again, although in
all fairness to that company,

I must eine out that jee
have announced that they
would not import any vehicles
during negotiations with the
United Auto Workers.

“But because this strike is
before the nation at this time,
I feel that it is opportune to
consider permanent legislation
to see that adequate protec-
tion is built into the law to
safeguard the right of all Can-
adian workers.

“The Bill would prevent a
corporation engaged in manu-
facturing, from importing sub-
stitute products during an in-
dustrial dispute.

“Tt would also seek to pre-
vent corporations involved in
a dispute from increasing
their volume of imports pend-
ing a settlement.

“A third provision would
prohibit any- other corpora-
tion from supplying similar
imported products to a com-
pany facing a legal strike.

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INDUSTRY
LAUNCHES
ATTACK

The insurance industry
fought a losing battle in the
province of Manitoba last year
against the introduction of a
public auto insurance plan.
Saskatchewan has had a highly

successful government auto
insurance program for about
20 years.

The industry has now

launched an attack against
public auto insurance in On-
tario.

They have prepared an in-
formation kit for use of in-
surance executives and agents.

A letter in Toronto Globe and
Mail, February 2nd, an-
ticipates the attack against
public insurance in this
province:

‘‘So the Ontario Insurance
Agents Association are going
to try to stem the tide of
mounting socialism in Ontario.
It is interesting to read of their
proposals in the Jan. 29 Globe.
Unfortunately, I do not see how
kits will help them get around
the basic issue.

“The basic issue to a private
automobile owner, as I see it, is
this: high premiums for high
returns. I base my premise on
the following:

“T bought a 1966 model car
(convertible) in Saskatchewan
last year. Under
province’s Government-
sponsored insurance program
I paid $94 for what is called a
package policy. This includes
$200,000 public liability and
property damage, $25 com-
prehensive and $100 deduc-
tible.

“In Ontario, under private
agency coverage, this is what I
was offered for $354 per year:
$100,000 P.L. and P.D., $25
comprehensive and $250
deductible. In other words, for
more money in Ontario under
private -agency coverage, I
receive less coverage.

‘tA bread and butter issue? I
should say so. I hope all car
owners will see just who has
been spreading the butter so
thickly, for so long.”

—Stephen Ridley, Toronto

LIGHTER SIDE

Sawmill Sue says that it’s
only natural that women take
longer to dress — they have to
slow down for the curves!

that |;

residents in the Valley won
wage increases averaging
$14.00 weekly, which was a
tremendous ‘shot in the arm’ to
the Port Alberni economy.

Squire stated that this boost
will be duplicated this year
‘‘and up to this point in time we
have not seen fit to seek aid
from City Hall to cover the
heavy burden of cost.”

The letter concluded by
saying:

“Thus millions of dollars
over the years have been
added to the community’s
income and the commercial
interests have not been asked
for their tax~dollar to assist.

‘‘However, based on your
own definition and justification
for grants it would appear that
we too have a claim on City

taxes. We would _ ask,
therefore, that you accept our
request for financial

assistance to aid our affiliates
in the 1971-72 bargaining
sessions.

‘Such grants should be
consistent with the grant made
to the Chamber of Commerce
and should bare proper
relationship to the relative
number of members in each
organization together with
their respective results in
stimulating community growth
and introducing new income
dollars into the economy of the
Citivas

The letter has provoked wide

discussion in the Alberni
Valley. The Alberni Valley
Times, in a lead editorial,
stated that the Labour Council
has made a valid point. It
quesiicned like labour, the

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SABRE

EINES TE OS ERS

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| Only thing wrong with Sabre
_ saw chain — it lasts too long.
I'd like to come back here

SABRE SAW CHAIN (1963
P.O. Box 5046, Burlington, Orta

being granted tax
increase its own person Aad
come.

The editorial also noted that
the only solid reasoning
brought out by the City Couneil

to support the awarding of —

grants to organizations such as
the Chamber of Commerce,
was the provincial government
regulations requiring civic
governments to spend a
specific amount each year on
the promotion of tourism.

While its highly unlikely that
the Labour Council will be
granted) any financial
assistance by the City Fathers,
one beneficial result of the
request should be very careful
screening of those organi-
zations seeking grants in the
future.

GAINING
OECD INTEREST

Pollution, an international
problem, is getting attention
from an international agency
until now primarily concerned
with statistics.

Environment control

right of one segment of the city ”

expected to be the principal
topic on the agenda of the 22-

country Organization for
Economic Co-operation when it
holds its next ministerial

meeting in Paris in June.

Sources in Ottawa say this is
part of a move towards a
greater OECD interest in
social questions.

the saw chain people

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